Official Pictures of Toy Fair 2008!

GALVATRON, not realy what I've been hoping for, but still dam good so I'll take him! I hope propper suport will get us an eventual true updated G1 version.

CrossOver Hulk, this is looking pretty cool and will fit right in with the movie figs, so he's on the list. The rest is just the same ol' however I look forward to seeing more.

Movie, nothing new

RH Arcee, running right for me

Animated is still hit or miss with me, I'm not excited about Jazz at all.

Thanks for the pics though guys! I still can't believed I flaked on the date for this

I WANT THIS NOW!



Love the way they handled Soundwave, he rocks! They got the tape-deck buttons on his front grill and the tape designs on his arms. I'm loving the Animated stuff more than Universe/Classics, mainly because it's so different.

I confess myself disappointed...Galvatron is only a deluxe? Bummer...

Did 2 threads just get merged?

Also, I was gonna edit my last post with this but BlackArachnia from Animated is now on my list, The DinoBot too. However to much of it just looks, well, not right

Liege Evilmus wrote:Did 2 threads just get merged?

Yep! I knew Ryan was doing galleries so I posted this so we could get a text description and when he uploaded them, I merged the two.

Soundwave is just... so... perfect! I seriously can't wait, and being a passionate musician just makes him a perfect fit for me. His vehicle mode looks like his G1 alternate on wheels, down to the symbols and cassette-esque side doors. His proportions in robot mode may be strange, but they are appropriate for animated. I love it. I'm looking forward to this toy more than any other coming out this year. Seriously. I'd even be willing to get him on eBay for 10x the price if it meant getting him early. Awe mannn I don't know what wave 1 looks like, but I really hope he is a part of itttt.

That Soundwave is awesome incarnate!

I will now include Slag into the previous statement.

Skowl wrote:I WANT THIS NOW!



Love the way they handled Soundwave, he rocks! They got the tape-deck buttons on his front grill and the tape designs on his arms. I'm loving the Animated stuff more than Universe/Classics, mainly because it's so different.

S'what I'm saying brah!

All the new classics look awesome. Galvatron should have been done bigger. Still, its somnething to look forward in the coming months.

Blaster looks awesome which I'm going to get and animated jazz voyager prime and starscream is in the 'want' list.

My inner fanboy hasn't stopped squealing with glee at the sight of TankHulk...I will be buying him in bulk...yes....Hulk in bulk...

Hyre wrote:My inner fanboy hasn't stopped squealing with glee at the sight of TankHulk...I will be buying him in bulk...yes....Hulk in bulk...

That was funny! Thse Marvel Crossovers looked real good!

It's it's a weird feeling--
I'm actually more excited about the Animated stuff than the Classics.
Although I will mos def get Galvatron, Onslaught, Tankor, Prowl, and Sunstreaker.
Everything else was very MEH for me.
It's very bad-funny that I've been debating about the Botcon Seekers lately,
and in the Universe line we get TWO repainted old molds...
I promise I won't say anything else about that.

The new Robot Heroes were a big disappointment for me.

Most all of the Animated figs look AMAZING!!!!
Can't wait to see them on shelves.





By the way, where were the pix of GRIMLOCK?

I saw snarl and got excited to see I'd get to see grimlock and swoop, but to my disappointment nothing. snarl looks good but it looks like something smashed his head in.

WOW! The MarvelFormers are actually look good! Can't wait to see how they screw them up. Heck, just change the heads on them and they'ld make good repaint fodder. Jazz I'm not too keen on not having a gun. I'll be looking forward to the Universe/BotCon version.

GetterDragun wrote:

Hyre wrote:My inner fanboy hasn't stopped squealing with glee at the sight of TankHulk...I will be buying him in bulk...yes....Hulk in bulk...

That was funny! Thse Marvel Crossovers looked real good!

Here's hoping I get a gander at Venom soon<<;. We wants Venom, yesssss...

Galvatron! sweet.

GALVATRON!!!!!!! Hell yeah thats sweet. After seeing that i was in awe but then i seen animated Soundwave and i almost cried. What have they done to Soundwave. That thing is pure crap. Poor Poor Soundwave what have they done to you. Pleas for the love of god dont make a new Hot Rod. I dont think i could deal with my 2 most favorite TFs getting this horrid animation treatment. But with that said i like the idea of the crossovers. The Ironman one looks great. Looks like ill be broke again come fall.

theres lots of stuff to get excited over and lots to not (classics legends). These shots give a good idea of what to expect but the majority of the toys are painted mock ups so it will be a while before we see the final product. the little movies on youtube have somebody showing roll out prime and saying its a prototype for eg.

So galvatron is the tank that was mentioned but he looks like galvatron in robot mode.

Man, all this stuff is so friggin badass.

Galvatron is pure win.

Are we even getting an Animated leader earth mode Prime/ Animated Voyager Earth mode Megatron?

Jazz pwns.

BTW, Soundwave pwns.

Oil Slick is weird.

WOOHOO!!!!!
I AM PSYCHED!!!

HEAR THAT HASBRO?
YOU HAVE ME PLEASED!!!
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!

GetterDragun wrote:

Hyre wrote:My inner fanboy hasn't stopped squealing with glee at the sight of TankHulk...I will be buying him in bulk...yes....Hulk in bulk...

That was funny! Thse Marvel Crossovers looked real good!

Yeah, I can see them actualy blending real easily into a TF collection. I think not having a source alt to go off of is a help too.

I look forward to seeing how the Marvel end of this line developes.

As for the Star Wars end, HASBRO, IT"S BEEN DONE TO DEATH!!! And to the retailers, put them on sale at least once, and I bet you'll finaly sell some, otherwise get ready for years of repackaged back stock!

I'll say it again Galvatron is just freaking sweet. I will be buying him no question. God it's so great to see a Galvatron figure that's not just a Megatron repaint. and forgive me for sounding stupid but has there been a release date set for Universe?

I love Seibertron galleries!!!! THANK YOU GUYS!!!

Megatron_Wolf wrote:GALVATRON!!!!!!! Hell yeah thats sweet. After seeing that i was in awe but then i seen animated Soundwave and i almost cried. What have they done to Soundwave. That thing is pure crap. Poor Poor Soundwave what have they done to you. Pleas for the love of god dont make a new Hot Rod. I dont think i could deal with my 2 most favorite TFs getting this horrid animation treatment. But with that said i like the idea of the crossovers. The Ironman one looks great. Looks like ill be broke again come fall.

What do you find wrong with my favorite deluxe ever?!

Galvatron seems to have the same basic transformation scheme as classics two-pack Megatron, but he wears it better. Looks like he lost knee articulation, but gained some in the arms. I also really like his likeness and expression. Definitely Galvatron indeed.

Oilslick might be the ugliest (non-movie) sunuvabidch I've ever seen transform. Even his bikemode is killed by the greens. Waiting for a possible repaint, maybe with a new head.

Animated Leader class Megatron is magnificent... But with two twinblades AND a bfg, I have to wonder if he's compensating for something.

Soundwave really appeals to me, even though his head looks so funny... But the design just works. I like all the nods to his tapedeck origin, as well as Lazerbeak apparently being a triplechanger. (Guitar, Bird, crossbow).

Why the heck is Bulkhead doing Galactus cosplay ?

The Marvelformers don't look as bad as I expected. Iron Man actually works. (Obviously, if one was going to work, it had to be him)

I'm a little worried about oversaturation, especially regarding the animated line. That's really a LOT of product.

Amazed at everything. Loving some of the Animated stuff.

Black Arachnia, Slag. Prime, and definitely earth mode Megatron.

The Marvel crossovers are so cool. definitely gonna have to pick up Iron-Man.

Universe is amazing.Galvatron must have.

Gonna have to start making a list of what I want. There's so much.

Excuse, while I faint now from the excitement.

wtf:BOOM: is with the Bulkhead leader class's head its pink and that Galvatron is sweet!

Orion_Prime48 wrote:wtf:BOOM: is with the Bulkhead leader class's head its pink and that Galvatron is sweet!

Is not his head, its Headmaster. He's supposed to be a villain from the show that controls the autobots by placing those helmets on them.

I guess the toy actually transforms into the head.

most of the animated toys look great and the universe line too. im going to be broke this year (like last year).

Overcracker wrote:

Orion_Prime48 wrote:wtf:BOOM: is with the Bulkhead leader class's head its pink and that Galvatron is sweet!

Is not his head, its Headmaster. He's supposed to be a villain from the show that controls the autobots by placing those helmets on them.

I guess the toy actually transforms into the head.

It's more of a helmet. It was based on G1 Scorponok's helmet.

Can anyone who was there confirm or deny a few things about the scale?

Are Leader Bulkhead and Megatron actually taller than Lockdown? I was comparing photos, and going by the wood panels in the background, Lockdown actually seemed of a comparable height even to Leader class.

Animated Activators: are they scout sized as previously reported, or deluxe size like the FABs before them? I'd been hoping scout sized to give a different scale, but they looked bigger than that in some photos. What I really want is to see how Activator Bumblebee measures up next to Deluxe Bumblebee.

Well, I can only see the first page of pics for some reason, ending with Black Arachnia. That brings the total number of Animated figs I plan on buying to two: Earth Mode Megatron and BA.
Classics Galvatron -- sweet! But why only a deluxe? Shouldn't he be at least a Voyager, to fit in with Classics Prime, Megatron, and Ultra Magnus?

Bumblethumper wrote:Can anyone who was there confirm or deny a few things about the scale?

Are Leader Bulkhead and Megatron actually taller than Lockdown? I was comparing photos, and going by the wood panels in the background, Lockdown actually seemed of a comparable height even to Leader class.

Animated Activators: are they scout sized as previously reported, or deluxe size like the FABs before them? I'd been hoping scout sized to give a different scale, but they looked bigger than that in some photos. What I really want is to see how Activator Bumblebee measures up next to Deluxe Bumblebee.

I didn't really compare the height of those fgures, but the Leaders looked bigger. And the Animmated Activators were pretty awesome. They were basic sized and very poseable. Plus the automated feature was really cool because they popped open and then you had to kind of straighten them out and do some minor transforming. Very nice figures.

OK, I'm enjoying the non stock pics

However I have to ask since these where seen first hand, does it look at all like the silver intakes on SunStreakers back can be turned upright?

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You know I could have seen this myself, but I thought Toy Fair was still like 3 weeks off. Gonna keep kicking myself for that!


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Oh and BulkHead with that pink head literaly made me puke, Animated designers need to be dragged out into the street and shot! Literaly puked by pic 2

That's how bad this is!

I want that Hulk transformer

It reminds me of War Within Grimlock

Getter, did it look like Galvatron had knee joints? Because from the pictures it looks like they just rotate during the transformation.

Videos from today! Found the link in a post from Spada on TFWire.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CPFace1



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If I wasn't completely sold on Megatron from looking at him, I was after listening to him.

oh must buy soundwave and ba... (I love me some spider bots.) Urgh... the badness of being in collage and not having enough money for them all. Earth mode megs doesn't look too hot though, he seems kinda blocky to me and his transformation looks really simple. Oilslick's alt mode is sweet but his bot mod and color scheme could be better... might pic him up and try to customize him into a bludgeon (though I honestly believe its only a matter of time until bludgeon does officially show up to kick prowl's robo booty.)

My big question though is... where is blitzwing? we haven't seen hide or hare from him since those sketches... He's the only character I'm honestly worried about (triple changer are always risky and I'm afraid of potential head gimmicks screwing up his aesthetics.) Do we even know what scale Blitwing will come in?

I can't believe soundwave looks so good... I can't believe they were able to keep so much of his cassette look... I don't think I have ever been so pleasantly surprised by a tf design; I couldn't stop laughing at his cassete control grill. Animated in general is looking so nice. Even the quick changing tfa's look freakishly well done. I just hope they don't kill us with repaints like they did with the movie

The only one I like so far and I'm more impressed by is Universe Classics Prowl.

GetterDragun wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Orion_Prime48 wrote:wtf:BOOM: is with the Bulkhead leader class's head its pink and that Galvatron is sweet!

Is not his head, its Headmaster. He's supposed to be a villain from the show that controls the autobots by placing those helmets on them.

I guess the toy actually transforms into the head.

It's more of a helmet. It was based on G1 Scorponok's helmet.

So does the Headmaster actually transform at all? Anyway, I guessed that's what it was, and was later confirmed by the pic of the box. The Headmaster is going to make for an interesting and cool episode . But have they lost the rights to the name Slag?

Questions about Octane: Does he have a hand underneath that gun? Or is he holding the gun? Every pic seems to be angled in a way it's hard to tell. And that spinning blade, no hand like deluxe Tank Megs eh? Or is he holding it? Gah! I don't think I've ever been confounded by pictures like this ever! But then again, I never realized that I wanted Octane before . Also, he's a deluxe? Thought he was gonna be a voyager or whatever. But it's better he's a deluxe in my opinion.

All these new Classics looks so awsome! The repaints, not so much.

The animated figures look great too, I'm really starting to get used to the designs. The show being original and quite good is another reason, and after today's episode, Black Arachnia is even cooler.

Everybody in the gallery is cool, but Sunstreaker and Blaster trun this mutha' out. Oh yeah, Blaster's in the air force now, y'all!!

Katakiyaku wrote:oh must buy soundwave and ba... (I love me some spider bots.) Urgh... the badness of being in collage and not having enough money for them all. Earth mode megs doesn't look too hot though, he seems kinda blocky to me and his transformation looks really simple. Oilslick's alt mode is sweet but his bot mod and color scheme could be better... might pic him up and try to customize him into a bludgeon (though I honestly believe its only a matter of time until bludgeon does officially show up to kick prowl's robo booty.)

My big question though is... where is blitzwing? we haven't seen hide or hare from him since those sketches... He's the only character I'm honestly worried about (triple changer are always risky and I'm afraid of potential head gimmicks screwing up his aesthetics.) Do we even know what scale Blitwing will come in?

I can't believe soundwave looks so good... I can't believe they were able to keep so much of his cassette look... I don't think I have ever been so pleasantly surprised by a tf design; I couldn't stop laughing at his cassete control grill. Animated in general is looking so nice. Even the quick changing tfa's look freakishly well done. I just hope they don't kill us with repaints like they did with the movie

I'll never be able to stress Animated Soundwave's awesomeness, hahaha. Definitely going to be my favorite of the line. I also honestly wouldn't mind repaints from animated at all. I mean, we already got a preview of Cliffjumper at the end of Nanosec

It would also help me with my rule for keeping my collection small: one mold per character. Probably going to break it with this series' voyager Prime though.

Oh okay I get it now guess I need to read more about the characters in Animated

I SOOOOOOO need to get done with school and start making some damned money. WHat a wonderful time to be a Transfan....

So much to see today but I can't get past the first page of each gallery. Very frustratng! What browsers are people able to view them all in??

Anyway, I'm chuffed with most of what I have been able to see here and on other sites. Disappointed classics Galvatron is only a deluxe and animated Soundwave too. If he'd been a voyager, he could have hidden Laserbeak inside the vehicle. I mean, who attaches an oversized guitar to their roof like a surfboard? Looks dumb.

I'm using Firefox, and I can see all gallery pages fine.

THAT was awesome. All those pictures are VERY satisfying.

I like all of Animated, but everyone knows what a fan I am.
Really impressed with how well the Activators turned out, although some, like BB, seem weaker than others. I mean, heck, you can barely tell, AT ALL, that Starscream and Lockdown are smaller versions, without them being right next to their larger versions.

Not a fan of the huge versions of Optimus and BB, but I'm sure others will like them.

I liked everything about Universe-Classic, except the Quickmix repaint and some of the Legends. Although, since Universe Legends Onslaught looks NOTHING like Universe-Classic Onslaught, it gives me hope that Universe-Classic Red Alert will look NOTHING like Universe Legends Red Alert. Now, granted, Uni-Legends Red Alert looks surprisingly good in car mode, but I'm sure I'm amoung the majority when I say I want Universe-Classic Red Alert to be a repaint of Universe-Classic Sideswipe.

Speaking of Universe-Classic, do we know the name of the Lazerbeak repaint that comes with "Blaster"?

Also, something about Uni-Classic Powerglide's paint job has been bugging me, but I just figured it out. He looks like Storm Shadow! Slap some Decepticon and Cobra symbols on him and he would look like he belongs in the Crossovers line as a GI Joe crossover! That's not a bad idea, actually. You could slap some Decepticon symbols over the Autobot symbols, and call him Decepticon Storm Shadow. Then you could either repaint another one red to be Powerglide, or wait for Hasbro or TomyTakara to repaint him red.

As for Hulk and Ironman, those are surprisingly impressive. I really like them. They did a great job with them. If the quality continues to be this good, then I hope we see many more Marvel characters as TFs.

Oh, since they didn't just keep SWTF and Marvel TF seperate, but merged them into Crossovers, I actually think that gets us one step closer to the GI Joe TFs many of us have wanted for a while.

Well, I guess that's it. Very impressed.

The majority of the figures for the lines look great. I better save up for some of the figures in the line.